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HERITAGE ACT 2017 (NO. 7 OF 2017) - SECT 90 Exemption for the purposes of religious services or rites

HERITAGE ACT 2017 (NO. 7 OF 2017) - SECT 90

Exemption for the purposes of religious services or rites

    (1)     Subject to this section, a person may carry out any alterations to the following places or objects for the purposes of religious services or rites without a permit—

        (a)     a registered place which is a place of worship or in the precincts of a place of worship;

        (b)     a registered object which is in a place of worship or in the precincts of a place of worship.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to a place that was built for purposes other than religious services or rites.

    (3)     The owner of the place or object must give notice of the proposed alteration to the Heritage Council at least 28 days before the alteration.

    (4)     A notice under subsection (3) must—

        (a)     be in the prescribed form; and

        (b)     include a declaration by an officer of the place of worship, authorised by the place of worship for that purpose, that the alteration is required for the purposes of religious services or rites.